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2. These arose along the coastal plains due to the long growing season

3. plantations

4. Canal that connected the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean

5. Erie

6. Western border of the 13 colonies

7. Appalachian Mountains

8. Western border of the original United States

9. Mississippi River

10. Southern border of the United States at Texas

11. Rio Grande River

12. Right of deposit exists at the city on the Mississippi

13. New Orleans

14. The Homestead Act gave away free land in this region to prompt settlement

15. The Great Plains

16. The nickname for the dry plains region during the Great Depression

17. The Dust Bowl

18. The United States had plentiful deposits of this natural resource around Scranton PA

19. Coal

20. Deposits of this natural resource could be found in the Mesabi Range

21. Iron

22. The Oregon Trail’s most dangerous portion was in this mountain range

23. The Rocky Mountains

24. This region engaged in shipbuilding and whaling due to its proximity to the sea and forests

25. New England

26. Cash crop of the south that prompted the growth of slavery

27. Cotton

28. A major cash crop of Hawaii, Puerto Rico and Cuba in the late 1800s

29. Sugar Cane

30. This region was largely agricultural based in mid 1800s

31. The South

32. This region’s population has grown due to the elderly population and the movement of people to nicer weather

33. The South

34. This was built on the Colorado River and is a source for hydroelectric power

35. The Hoover Dam

36. This New Deal group worked to create parks and trails

37. The CCC

38. These crops deplete the soil of many of its nutrients

39. Corn, tobacco, wheat…

40. This allowed the US to stay relatively neutral in our early history

41. Geographic Isolation

42. This allowed our navy easier access to the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

43. Panama canal

44. This country’s close proximity made its communist alignment uncomfortable to the US government

45. Cuba

46. This lengthy border and poor economy of this country prompts large numbers of immigrants to the US from it

47. Mexico

48. This killed the fish in the Adirondack lakes

49. Acid Rain

50. The terrorists used this geographic marker to lead them to the Twin Towers on 9/11

51. The Hudson River